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UK design studio johnson banks has come up with this brilliant take on Japanese katakana that combines the phonetical reading of the character in the font. They call it Phonetikana. The font ...

Halloween is about to be upon us again. Japan is the land of cosplay so for the locals, dressing up needn't be restricted to just October 31st. That said, these days there are lots of Halloween ...

Everything comes back into fashion. And that includes Japanese loincloths. Fundoshi are usually only seen on the bodies (and buttocks) of men taking part in Japanese festivals or on sumo wrestlers ...

Winter is coming, as a certain HBO series constantly reminds us. But in Japan as we can stuck into the chill of the winter, there is a bright spark part of the way through -- New Year. Not only does ...

Last month United Arrows' en route brand ran a special "crowdsourced fashion show" on the streets of Omotesando and Harajuku. In the words of Contagious.com, The Snap Up campaign saw "fashion ...

There are advertising stunts, and then there are advertising stunts. Japanese watch brand Citizen teamed up the Tokyo and Amsterdam branches of Wieden & Kennedy to challenge landscape photographer ...

Less is more, as they say, and beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. These two truism perhaps best sum up one savvy project by a talented fashion design student who has found success already at a ...

The Tower of the Sun is one of the great icons of postwar Japan and the Showa era. The huge sculpture is a kind of totem pole that was created by artist Taro Okamoto as one of the signature ...

Maywa Denki are one of Japan's best-kept secrets. Part music unit, part toy designers, part performance artists, the group is now 20 years old but continues to come up with great ideas. Their ...

It's official. Having glasses is cool. Japan has long regarded glasses and eyewear as serious fashion items, which is why companies like Jin and Zoff go to great efforts to market their products ...

Pet trends are one of the funnest things we keep our eyes on. After all, what other nation on Earth has such a variety of dog fashion (dog wigs?!), cat cafes -- or even Architecture for Dogs? The ...

Mt Fuji, being not only the tallest mountain in Japan and also a symmetrical beauty of nature, has always lent itself to being a motif for artists and designers to exploit. Perhaps starting with ...

This article was first featured by our friends at TokyoKinky.com (*NSFW*) but we liked it so much, we decided to reblog it here in a slightly toned-down version. Tenga is Japan's most stylish ...

When in Rome, as the saying goes. And so when in Kyoto, wear a kimono. There's nothing pretentious about getting into "costume", so to speak, and exploring Japan's old capital in a kimono. It's ...

Japan has its fair share of wacky but fascinating beauty gadgets. There are also lots of inventive cosme items too. For example, we've already had the Cats Face Pack, the Kabuki Face Pack, and the ...